CLEARWATER, Fla. — Chase Utley had been participating in limited drills since reporting to camp after spraining his right ankle during offseason training, so when he wasn't taking part in drills Monday morning, there was cause for concern.
Turns...

Chase Utley missed the Phillies workouts Monday but there was no cause for alarm, Steve Gross reports from Clearwater. In Tuesday's print and online editions of The Morning Call, Gross looks at the efforts of former top prospect Jesse Biddle to bounce...

CLEARWATER, Fla. Chase Utley's right ankle has improved since he reported for spring training more than a week ago, the veteran second baseman said, but not yet well enough to play in games.
Utley, who sprained the ankle in January during an offseason...

Chase Utley had been participating in limited drills since reporting to camp after spraining his right ankle during offseason training, so when he wasn’t taking part in drills Monday morning there was cause for concern.
Turns out, Utley is fine....

Phillies starter Paul Clemens pitched two perfect innings, but Philadelphia lost to the University of Tampa 6-2 Sunday in the first spring training game for a major league team this year.
Detroit and Miami play college teams Monday, then the regular slate of Grapefruit and Cactus League exhibitions begins Tuesday.
Russ Canzler, Aaron Altherr and Tommy Joseph strung together three straight one-out hits to put the Phillies ahead 2-0 in the second inning.
After that, Philadelphia hitters did little...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — It wasn't anywhere close to the lineup fans are going to see come Opening Day, although, a few players who could be on the 25-man roster come April 6 saw action Sunday afternoon as the Phillies hosted the University of Tampa for an exhibition game.
One of those players, pitcher Paul Clemens got the start for the Phillies and threw two perfect innings, striking out one, as Philadelphia lost to the University of Tampa Spartans 6-2.
As a non-roster invitee, Clemens is fighting...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Sunday marks the first exhibition game the Phillies play this spring and it's the only one they have before Grapefruit League play begins Tuesday against the New York Yankees.
The Phillies host the University of Tampa at Bright House Field and Friday, pitching coach Bob McClure revealed the pitchers slated to throw in that game.
Right-hander Paul Clemens, a non-roster invitee who has thrown in 48 major league games for the Houston Astros the past two seasons, will get the...

Last year was certainly a year to forget for Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown.
He set a career high for games played in the majors, but hit just .235. Brown's 10 home runs were less than half of his output during his 2013 All-Star season.
His lowest point may have been a 25-game stretch beginning at the end of April when Brown hit only .125 with six extra base hits.
He didn't do much better in the field. In June, he had three horrible misplays in left field in less than two weeks, which helped...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Tuesday morning at the Carpenter Complex at Bright House Field, skies were gray — much like the outlook for the 2015 Phillies — but temperatures were in the upper-60s as players reported for the first day of full squad workouts.
There were definitely some positive signs, however.
Ryan Howard looked slimmer and was moving well in a baserunning drill. And while Chase Utley, who said Monday he was dealing with a sore ankle, didn't run the bases, he took part in all...

The Phillies have turned in two straight 73-win seasons and the only thing as low as fan and media expectations for the team this year is the mercury in thermometers the last couple weeks.
The front office has admitted the team is in a rebuilding mode, something that won't be quick and could be painful.
Still, there's 162 games to play this year, even though most of the interest in the team will be with transactions off the field and how the Phillies are building for the future.
There's no...